OPEN-AIR DIARY 

 JUNE 



DATE 



1 Flowers of ragged robin, sainfoin, watercress, 



ladysmock, fly orchis. Buff-tip moth. 

 Red-shank's eggs. 



2 Young badgers abroad. Puss moth, cabbage 



moth. 



3 Flowers of green-man orchis, cistus, cinque- 



foil, mignonette, red and white campions, 

 fumitory, heartsease, eyebright, poppy. 



4 Common emerald moth, small white wave, 



single-dotted wave, small fan-footed wave. 

 Flowers of common cotton grass. 



5 Male ghost-moths dance. Common wainscot 



moth. First wild rose. 



6 Meadow-brown butterflies appear. Flame 



moth. Flowers of wild sage, great nettle, 

 common pellitory of the wall. 



7 Yarrow, elder, hemlock, lesser convolvulus, 



common mallow, bramble, white water-lily, 

 common poppy, yellow Welsh poppy 

 flowers. Painted lady butterflies. 



8 Spindle tree flowers. Six-spotted burnet 



moth, gray birch. 



9 Air full of floating poplar down. Nightjar's 



eggs. Dogwood flowers. Beautiful yellow 

 underwing moth. Yellow horned poppy, 

 twisted whitlow grass, corn spurrey, penny- 

 wort, wood sanicle, yellow rattle, yellow 

 cow wheat, ground ivy, hoary plantain, 

 sharp dock, twayblade flowers. 



10 Vervain, self-heal, common willow, nipplewort, 



biting stonecrop, wild celery flowers. 

 Large skipper butterflies appear. 



11 Borage, deadly nightshade, common pink, 



bladder campion flowers. Large yellow 

 underwing moth. 



12 Young weasels. Obscure wainscot moth. 



Flowers of dropwort, wall hawkweed, water 

 violet, small bugloss. The least blue 

 dragon-flies abound, like marsh lights, 

 among rushes and flags. 



13 Lappet moth, broad-bordered yellow under- 



wing. Flowers of milkwort, evening cam- 

 pion, scented agrimony, salad burnet, 

 stinking chamomile, yellow oxeye, corn 

 feverfew, oxeye daisy, wild chamomile. 

 Black knapweed, smooth hawk's beard, 

 cranberry, privet, man orchis, bee orchis 



14 Flowers of orchis militaris, birds' nest orchis, 



crimson marsh orchis, red spur valerian, 

 ling, red bartsia, crow garlic, couch grass, 

 meadow barley, wall barley. Gothic moth. 



15 Sheepshearing. Families of bullfinches abroad. 



Flowers of hop trefoil, lady's fingers, birds- 

 foot, sainfoin, inelegant ragwort, common 

 ragwort, cross-leaved heath, pine bird's nest, 

 brookweed. 



16 Wild parsnip, meadowsweet, lesser skullcap, 



bristling bur-reed, white meadow saxifrage, 

 rough chervil, shepherd's needle flowers. 

 Goosegrass berries (called " sweethearts ") 

 are ripe and rosy. Five young spotted fly- 

 catchers hatched. Sycamore moth, coronet. 

 The largest azure dragon-fly, with languid 

 flight, abounds. 



17 Flowers of arrow-head, spotted orchis, poppy, 



tormentil, chamomile, coltstail, goose grass. 



Young nightingales, and the old can only 

 say " bit-bit " and " wheet torr." Ruby 

 tiger moth, buff ermine, white ermine, 

 water ermine. 



1 8 Flowers of stonecrop, bladderwort, gipsy wort, 



mountain thyme. Grey dagger moth. In 

 Kent they still have a legend of a " Kine " 

 Gilbert White's " Cane " which is a 

 lesser weasel, like a large dormouse with 

 bushy tail and the voice of a weasel. 



19 Flowers of figwort, hemlock, lady's bedstraw, 



sun spurge. Clouded buff moth, fox moth, 

 latticed heath, twin-spot carpet, green 

 carpet, rivulet. 



20 Flowers of bee orchis, birdsfoot-trefoil, burnet, 



heath bedstraw. High-brown fritillary 

 butterflies appear. 



21 Flowers of water plantain, flowering rush. 



Small black arches, short cloaked moth. 

 Oats are tall and blue. 



22 Voices heard at midnight corncrake, sedge- 



warbler, cuckoo, nightjar. Tree-creeper's 

 eggs. Nonsuch, wild carrot, upright hedge 

 parsley, frog orchis, dogwood, elder, guelder 

 rose, rough hawkbit, henbane flowers. 



23 Silver-washed fritillary butterflies appear. 



Flowers of lesser spearwort, great spear- 

 wort, lucerne, sweet orchis, enchanter's 

 nightshade, narrow-leaved hawkweed, long- 

 rooted cat's ear, hairy hawkbit, goat's 

 beard, deadly nightshade, germander speed- 

 well. 



Dark-bordered beauty moth, speckled yellow, 

 barred red. Flowers of dogrose, autumn 

 hawkbit, sow thistle. Field bindweed, 

 woody nightshade, brooklime. Young par- 

 tridges. 



Leopard moth, common swift. Flowers of 

 houseleek, lesser butterfly orchis. Sloes 

 begin to be conspicuous. Young frogs 

 abound in the wet evening. 



Poplar kitten moth. Flowers of musk 

 mallow, mountain everlasting, wood cud- 

 weed, fleabane, moneywort, wavy hair 

 grass, downy oat grass, wild oat. Young 

 nightingales fly. 



Mother Shipton moth. Flowers of viper's 

 bugloss, great bindweed. 



Large heath butterflies appear. Poplar hor- 

 net, clearwing moth, currant moth, clouded 

 border, lesser satin. Long-tailed titmice 

 wandering with coal titmice. Flowers of 

 hound's tongue, spiked star-of-Bethlehem, 

 silver hair grass, quaking grass. 



Eyed hawk, poplar hawk, privet hawk, 

 engrailed, elephant hawk, moths. Missel- 

 thrushes in small bands. Flowers of 

 mignonette, dove's foot cranesbill, small- 

 flowered cranesbill, hemlock storksbill, 

 golden rod, foxglove, great water plantain, 

 cock's foot grass. 



30 Red-tipped clearwing moth , common vapourer, 

 large emerald, willow beauty, grass wave, 

 brown scallop, cinnabar. Ringed plover's 

 eggs. Flowers of cow parsnip, hemp 

 agrimony, smooth meadow grass. 



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